Acute infectious gastroenteritis causes high morbidity and mortality in children worldwide. The most important cause of gastroenteritis is virus infection. Diarrhea is the dominant symptom of viral gastroenteritis. It subsequently induces dehydration and malnutrition, which contribute to high morbidity and mortality in children. In Taiwan, rotavirus is the major cause (30.4-48%) of infectious g...

Introduction Herpes simplex virus encephalitis is one of the more common sporadic viral encephalitides with an estimated incidence of one case per half million individuals per year (1, 2), but the true incidence may be higher. Untreated it is associated with a mortality rate exceeding 70070 and a high morbidity amongst the survivors with only about 9070 returning to normal neurological function...

It is estimated that between 10% and 30% of the general practice population are mentally or emotionally disturbed. Physical complaints, multiple aches and pains are construed as signs and symptoms of stress. Although yoga is considered as beneficial, any hidden psychiatric morbidity may go undetected and thus untreated. Thus the aim of this study was to obtain an estimate of hidden psychiatric ...

This work aimed to evaluate the effect of Diphenyl Dimethyl Bicarboxylate (DDB) or dexamethasone either alone or combined with praziquantel (PZQ) on different parasitological, immunological, and pathological parameters that reflect disease severity and morbidity in murine schistosomiasis. Diphenyl Dimethyl Bicarboxylate (DDB) or dexamethasone had no effect on worm burden but altered tissue egg ...

This work aimed to evaluate the effect of diphenyl dimethyl bicarboxylate (DDB) and dexamethasone alone and in combination with praziquantel on various parasitological, immunological and pathological parameters reflecting disease severity and morbidity in murine schistosomiasis. DDB and dexamethasone had no effect on worm burden but altered tissue egg distribution. This indicates that, under th...

A thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a life-threatening condition with a 20% five-year survival in untreated patients. Rupture is invariably fatal. Surgical repair should be considered when the aneurysm is >6cm in diameter, rapidly enlarging, or impinging on adjacent structures. Open repair, via a left thoracotomy carries significant morbidity and mortality rates. More recently, endovascular rep...

Congenital cholesteatoma of the petrous bone, though originating in childhood, has often a delayed diagnosis due to its poor symptoms and can grow achieving great extension. When asymptomatic or pauci-symptomatic, the diagnosis is incidental and purely radiological. Leaving the lesion untreated implies an inexorable progression leading to extensive erosion of the petrous bone and cranial nerves...

Fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is the most common tumor in the neonatal period and is easily detected by modern ultrasound techniques, mostly during the second-trimester screening. It can cause significant fetal/neonatal morbidity and mortality due to its size, vascular loading, possible rupture, and labor dystocia. Mostly cystic teratomas have favorable prognosis, but if untreated in uter...

Whereas sinus tachycardia and paroxysmal supraventricular are common during pregnancy, bradyarrhythmias infrequent. Moreover, generally well tolerated pregnancy. Nevertheless, a 12-lead ECG is indicated for pregnant women who present with bradycardia, to rule out sinoatrial (SA) node dysfunction or AV conduction abnormalities. Third-degree block (complete heart block, CHB) requires multidiscipl...

BACKGROUND Clinical trials have shown that statin therapy reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), even among patients with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels <100 mg/dL. We sought to determine the extent to which patients with obstructive CAD in routine outpatient care are treated with statins, nonstatins, or no lipid-lowering thera...